Board Members and Executives
Our large and diverse holdings portfolio is testimony to the way in which we continually strive for excellence and set international best practice standards for investment around the world.
Through hiring high caliber personnel, we have consistently been able to exceed its stated aims and objectives. Our vision and mantra is where we lead, others follow.
While every member of our team contributes to our unique expertise and insights, the company is actively led by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal
and his trusted Board of Directors. This Board includes some of the most experienced and inspirational leaders in the global investment industry.
Dr. Lama Al Sulaiman
Independent Board Member Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors
Dr. Lama Al Sulaiman is a Shareholder and a Board Member of Rolaco Holdings, KSA and LUX, and a board member of the committee for the development of Jabal Al Laith. Currently she is a vice chair of Kingdom Holdings Investments in KSA, and a member of Coutts Bank advisory board, UK, and before that she was a board member of Club Med, France, and a former board member of Foras Investment, Saudi Arabia. This year 2021, she joined the Saudi Tennis Federation as a board member and was a board member of Saudi General Entertainment Authority between 2016 and 2021. For the past 10 years, she has been actively involved in a wide range of non-profit organizations in KSA, where she led the Saudi delegation at ILO to represent the Employers group and participated in L20 and B20 in France, Mexico, Turkey, Australia, Germany, and Argentina. A member of the B20 Executive Committee hosted in Saudi Arabia, and now she is a member of the Employment and Education Task Force. She is an advisory board member of Effat University and was a member of the fundraising campaign board at King’s College London. She was the vice-chair and a Board Member of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and she was a board member of the Khadijah Bint Khuwailed Lobbying Center for Women. She holds a PhD in health and nutrition from King’s College of London.
Eng. Talal Ibrahim Almaiman
Chief Executive Officer
I believe that my job is as clear as KHC’s vision – to continually grow our local, regional and international investments portfolio whilst keeping a sharp, entrepreneurial eye on high value development opportunities across the world. We believe in excellence, and the continuous creation of shareholder value is of central importance to consistently delivering success. It is for this very reason that our track record is second to none.
Hisham Suleiman Al Habib
Independent Board Member
Hisham is the Deputy Chairmen of Business Development and Executive Board Member of Dr. Suleiman Al Habib Medical Group. Hisham holds a bachelor's degree in finance in Business Administration, from the American University of Sharjah. He was the Director of Business Development at Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, a board member of Asala Holding Company, a member of the Health Committee, Riyadh Chamber of Commerce, a member of the National Committee of Hospitals, and a member of Tharwat Foundation as family businesses since 2009.
Sarmad Nabil Zok
Chairman and CEO of KHI
Sarmad Zok is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kingdom Hotel Investments (KHI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC). Mr Zok sits as a Director on the boards of Kingdom Holding Company, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Accor, BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust plc. Mr Zok has been leading KHI for over two decades during which he took the Company Public in 2006 on the Dubai International Financial Exchange and the London Stock Exchange before a successful take-private in 2010. For over two decades KHI has invested by acquiring, developing, actively asset managing and monetizing 54 hotels globally. More recently Mr Zok led the sale of Fairmont Raffles to Accor and subsequent sale of Movenpick to Accor. Mr Zok holds a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Management from the University of Surrey and a Master of Arts in Property Valuation and Law from City University Business School in London. Mr Zok is fluent in English French and Arabic.
Adel Abdulaziz Alabdulsalam
Executive Director for Finance and Administration
Adel Alabdulsalam holds a bachelor degree of accounting and Master of Business Administration with honor; he is a multidiscipline professional with vast experience in Finance, corporate governance, information systems, strategy and business development, and has a track record of accomplishments over his 20 years of working experience in local and international conglomerates.
Mr. Abdulmajeed Ahmed Alhaqbani
Board Member (a Non-Executive Director)
Mr. Abdulmajeed Alhaqbani, is graduated from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals with Bachelor degree in Finance in 2004, in addition to several specialized courses in accounting, credit and financial analysis, risk analysis and asset management. During his career he managed the Assets in the local investment port- folio for the Public Investment Fund in 2018, as well as numerous leading positions in banks, private sector of local and international origins, including Vice Chairman of Qassim Cement Co. between 2019 and 2020. He held several positions at HSBC Saudi Arabia, including: General Manager for Asset Management Dept. between 2016 and 2018, and Head of Investment at the Asset Dept. between 2016 and 2017, Head of the Procurement Research between 2014 and 2016, Senior Research Analyst between 2012 and 2014, and Director of Equity Research between 2008 and 2012. He also worked as a Senior Credit Analyst at the Saudi Industrial Development Fund between 2005 and 2008.
Mrs. Reem Mohamed Asaad
Board Member Independent Board Member
Seventeen years of experience in Financial Management and Invest Funds, with many published articles in economics. Worked in the Financial and Investment Sector for the development of product investment and individual investments management. She lectured Finance and Financial Markets subject in Dar Alhekmah University, Jeddah. In 2017, she joined Maaden Co. as a first Saudi lady to chair the Shareholders Relations. Currently, she chairs the Shareholders Relations in Al- Taaunia Co. Passionate about financial and investment awareness for Arabic speakers in “Reem`s Advice” on Twitter. Participated in many events as a spoke person in international forums and conferences in wom- en financial empowerment.
Mr. Tamim Jabr
Board Member & Chief Investment Officer.
Mr. Tamim Jabr member of investment Committee, he has a BA in communication from Emerson Collage and MA in multinational commerce from Boston University. Tamim is a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of investment banking experience, prior to joining KHC, he spent 16 years at Deutsche Bank in Riyadh and London most recently as Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Securities Saudi Arabia where he led the development of Deutsche Banks’s investment banking and wealth manage- ment business in Saudi Arabia. Tamim has also worked as a Corporate Finance Executive at Capital Trust LTD a leading private equity boutique in the UK. He sits on the board of Deezer SA one of the largest music streaming companies in the world, as well as Five Capital a leading private equity manager established between Kingdom Holding and BPI of France. He has held several board memberships including Deutsche Securities and Deutsche Gulf Finance.